Belarus vs Russia

Belarus vs Russia: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 466 million TIV in Belarus and 129 million TIV in Russia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Belarus, by 337 million TIV, or 3.61 times that in Russia.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Belarus vs Russia: Arms importsArms imports in 2025: 466 million TIV in Belarus and 129 million TIV in Russia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Belarus, by 337 million TIV, or 3.61 times that in Russia.
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What the numbers say

  • Belarus has been higher since 2017, when it overtook Russia.
  • In 2025, Belarus ranked 21 and Russia ranked 42 of 110 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearBelarusRussiaWorld
2025466 million129 million33.3 billion
2024399 million315 million30.6 billion
2023178 million95 million29.5 billion
2022215 million39 million33 billion
202169 million6 million26.8 billion
202013 million1 million23.4 billion
2019333 million5 million26.9 billion
2018142 million62 million27.3 billion
2017158 million94 million31.2 billion
2016120 million127 million31.4 billion
201598 million113 million28.7 billion
201466 million207 million27 billion
201375 million185 million27.4 billion
201275 million121 million27.9 billion
201175 million10 million29.9 billion
2010–25 million25.8 billion
20093 million8 million24 billion
2008––24.1 billion
2007–90 million26.5 billion
2006140 million–24.4 billion
20056 million–21.3 billion
2004––21.3 billion
2003––19.2 billion
2002––17.7 billion
2001–2 million18.3 billion
2000–1.15 billion20.5 billion
199941 million368 million25.3 billion
199841 million–27.9 billion
1997––28.9 billion
1996––23.7 billion
1995––22.9 billion
1994––22.8 billion
1993––25.8 billion
1992–40 million24.3 billion
1991––27.8 billion
1990––28.6 billion
1989––31.7 billion
1988––32.9 billion
1987––36.2 billion
1986––35.5 billion
1985––33.2 billion
1984––36.8 billion
1983––39.1 billion
1982––41.4 billion
1981––42 billion
1980––37.4 billion
1979––33.3 billion
1978––39.2 billion
1977––37 billion
1976––33 billion
1975––34.2 billion
1974––32.9 billion
1973––32.6 billion
1972––28.7 billion
1971––29.3 billion
1970––22.1 billion
1969––24.7 billion
1968––22.4 billion
1967––22.1 billion
1966––22.4 billion
1965––23.1 billion
1964––24.2 billion
1963––18.1 billion
1962––15.5 billion
1961––15 billion
1960––15.7 billion

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • Major weapons the country received, in SIPRI trend-indicator values (TIV): what the arms are worth as military capability, priced by their production cost, not what was paid.
  • Source: SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, via the World Bank.
  • Ranks count the 110 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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